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NW7

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Mill Hill, Grahame Park and Edgware, in Barnet.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NW7 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NW7, 77.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£682,500
89th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,501
997th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
77.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NW7 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NW7Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, NW · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NW11 areas from £450,938 to £1,018,000. The middle area is £682,500. NW7 is £682,500.
£682,5006th most expensive
Population13 postcode districts, NW · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NW13 areas from 265 to 94,725. The middle area is 33,578. NW7 is 28,501.
28,5013rd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage13 postcode districts, NW · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NW13 areas from 74.3% to 97.7%. The middle area is 88.1%. NW7 is 77.6%.
77.6%2nd lowest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, NW · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NW11 areas from 3.1% to 10.5%. The middle area is 5.2%. NW7 is 4.0%.
4.0%3rd lowest

Is NW7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NW7 at a rate of 72.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 134.9 per 1,000 people across NW.

In August 2026 alone, 186 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NW7.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (587), anti-social behaviour (488) and other crime (314).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NW7 was 79.6 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in NW7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NW7 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NW7

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barnet 007A1,43670.6 per 1,000685.8%
Barnet 013D1,78778.1 per 1,000499.9%
Barnet 013F1,93854.1 per 1,000791.5%
Barnet 016A1,92844.3 per 1,000653.9%
Barnet 016B1,89156.6 per 1,000771.5%
Barnet 016C1,52530.4 per 1,0001087.0%
Barnet 016D1,823168.8 per 1,000454.0%
Barnet 017A1,70076.8 per 1,000474.8%
Barnet 017B2,090146.8 per 1,000495.3%
Barnet 017C1,76827.4 per 1,000964.6%
Barnet 017E1,87862.2 per 1,000879.5%
Barnet 017F1,70355.0 per 1,000898.9%
Barnet 021D1,78144.2 per 1,000685.8%
Barnet 025D2,64341.3 per 1,000688.5%
Barnet 025E2,16690.8 per 1,000444.2%

MPs for NW7

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in NW72

Postcode sectors in NW75

Council1

Towns in NW71

Postcode districts next to NW78

Nearest rail stations4

More in the NW postcode area2

NW7 in brief

NW7 is a postcode district covering Mill Hill, Grahame Park and Edgware, in Barnet.

About 30,096 people lived in NW7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £682,500 in 2025 across 317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NW7 was £682,500 in 2025.

NW7 had 28,501 usual residents at the census.

In NW7, 77.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NW7, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.